What are the key attributes of effective online teachers?
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Volume 22, Number 2, ISSN 1179-7665 e-ISSN 1179-7665 Publisher: Distance Education Association of New Zealand
This article explores the key attributes of effective online tertiary educators. Using qualitative research methods, data were collected via semi-structured interviews which were conducted with a small group of university academics in New Zealand and Australia and analysed using an inductive approach and open and closed coding techniques. Results from the analysis identified the following five key attributes: effective online teachers avoid a didactic approach, vary their pedagogy, use productive failure, facilitate the learning process and provide a seamless structure. Given the limitations of the study, the findings cannot be generalised without further work, but do provide a roadmap which may support innovative adaptions to the teaching and learning process in an online space.
Rose O.P., M. (2018). What are the key attributes of effective online teachers?. Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning, 22(2), 32-48. Distance Education Association of New Zealand.